Women's Volleyball

ORU's Milos Named Sports Imports/AVCA Player of the Week

Oct 03, 2017

ELMHURST, Ill. – After garnering her second-consecutive Summit League Offensive Player of the Week award and the 14th of her career Monday, Oral Roberts' Laura Milos was named this week's Sports Imports/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Player of the Week.

Milos notched her 2,000 career kill Sunday against North Dakota State, becoming only the third student-athlete in #SummitVB history to reach the milestone. Currently, she sits 80 kills behind No. 2 on the league's all-time list.

This is the second time in ORU history in which a Golden Eagle has been recognized for the national weekly award. The first was Ksenija Kugler back in November of 1993. Milos was also named Volleyball Mob's Player of the Week on Tuesday, putting a bow on what was a historic weekend for the senior from Croatia.

The Golden Eagles (7-9, 4-0) picked up two road victories over South Dakota State and North Dakota State, with Milos leading the charge for ORU. Check out her full weekend stat line below.

Individual Weekly Stats

SP: 7

K/S: 7.00

Hitting %: .438

D/S: 1.43

Helped the Golden Eagles to a pair of wins in the Dakotas…Notched 19 and 30-kill performances to average an astounding seven kills per set…It was the second time this season she recorded 30 kills…Hit above .400 in both matches (.471, .418)…One dig short of a double-double against North Dakota State and added six aces…Became the third player in Summit League history to tally 2,000 kills.

Team Recap

September 29: @ South Dakota St., W 3-0

October 1: @ North Dakota St., W 3-1

Head Coach: Sheera Sirola

AVCA Rankings: This Week: NR, Last Week: NR

2017 SPORTS IMPORTS/AVCA DIVISION I PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

October 3

Laura Milos

Oral Roberts

OH

Sr.

September 26

Annika Albrecht

Nebraska

OH

Sr.

September 19

Taylor Joens

SIUE

MB

Sr.

September 12

Sanja Cizmic

Colorado St.

OH

Sr.

September 5

Haleigh Washington

Penn St.

MB

Sr.

August 29

Rachael Kramer

Florida

MB

So.

ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE

Through 35 years of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of nearly 100,000 at eight institutions, including three located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University with the University of North Dakota becoming an official member on July 1, 2018. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced nine NCAA Champions along with over 90 Academic All-Americans, nearly 100 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league, visit www.thesummitleague.org website, follow The Summit League on Twitter @thesummitleague.